]]>Please join the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence for an evening of Comedy and Cocktails at Second City!

Thursday, June 27, 2013

7:15pm Cocktails and Hors dâ€™oeuvres

8:00pm Showtime

ETC Theater

1608 N. Wells

Chicago, IL 60614

Tickets start at $100 per person, or you can join at the Supporter, Benefactor, or Patron level. To purchase tickets click here

Raffle tickets are $20 a ticket or 3 for $50.

Items include Dinner for 2 at Carnivale, Cubs tickets and much more! To purchase raffle tickets click here

Look forward to seeing you on June 27th!

The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence is the oldest and largest statewide organization dedicated to the reduction of death and injury caused by the easy accessibility to firearms. Our mission is accomplished by educating the public about the facts regarding firearm violence and misuse, as well as developing public awareness and advocacy programs about gun violence. Your support will ensure the success of ICHVâ€™s Student Voices Program, which focuses on educating youth on the dangers of gun violence.

]]>http://www.ichv.org/an-evening-of-comedy-and-cocktails-at-second-city/feed/0Violent night: 3 dead, at least 16 wounded in shootings across cityhttp://www.ichv.org/violent-night-3-dead-at-least-16-wounded-in-shootings-across-city/
http://www.ichv.org/violent-night-3-dead-at-least-16-wounded-in-shootings-across-city/#commentsWed, 01 May 2013 14:45:27 +0000http://www.ichv.org/?p=318Three men were killed and at least 16 others wounded during a violent nine-hour spree of shootings across the city that began late Tuesday afternoon. The spike in violence occurred as temperatures climbed into the 80s and the city basked in the warmest weather yet this year. It also coincided with an announcement by police […]

]]>Three men were killed and at least 16 others wounded during a violent nine-hour spree of shootings across the city that began late Tuesday afternoon.

The spike in violence occurred as temperatures climbed into the 80s and the city basked in the warmest weather yet this year. It also coincided with an announcement by police that the cityâ€™s troubling murder statistics were down 42 percent when compared to the same period of time last year.

Just after midnight Wednesday, the month of May rang in with gunfire when a 27-year-old man was mortally wounded in the South Shore neighborhood.

Darrin Rodgers, of the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue, was shot in the chest on his own block about 12:10 a.m., authorities said.

Rodgers was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in grave condition, but died shortly thereafter, police said. His death was the first homicide in the month of May, according to the Cook County Medical Examinerâ€™s office.

About an hour later, a south suburban Riverdale man was found shot to death in a West Side alleyway.

The body of 23-year-old Pierre Howelett was found riddled with gunshot wounds to his face and body in an alley near the 1900 block of South Drake Avenue about 1:20 a.m., authorities said.

Earlier, one man was killed and two others were wounded during a gang-related shooting outside the University of Illinois at Chicago police station Tuesday night, authorities said.

The three men were near South Morgan and West Maxwell streets, in a parking lot across from the station, when a gunman approached and opened fire about 10:40 p.m., authorities said.

Tytrell Jackson, 19, was killed by a bullet that struck him in the armpit, authorities said. Jackson, a known gang member, was pronounced dead at 11:13 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examinerâ€™s office.

The other two men â€“ ages 19 and 21 â€“ suffered non life-threatening injuries after they were both shot in the thigh, police said.

The gunman fled west after the shooting and was not taken into police custody.

At least 14 others were wounded in shootings across the city since 4:30 p.m. Tuesday:

]]>http://www.ichv.org/violent-night-3-dead-at-least-16-wounded-in-shootings-across-city/feed/0Voters Want Stronger Gun Lawshttp://www.ichv.org/voters-want-stronger-gun-laws/
http://www.ichv.org/voters-want-stronger-gun-laws/#commentsWed, 01 May 2013 14:37:21 +0000http://www.ichv.org/?p=312Voters in Illinois are ready for changes to gun laws, and there is a large bloc who is more likely to support a candidate who votes for stronger laws. They are not by any means anti-gun, but they strongly favor laws that will help prevent guns falling into the wrong hands and protect their families. […]

]]>Voters in Illinois are ready for changes to gun laws, and there is a large bloc who is more likely
to support a candidate who votes for stronger laws. They are not by any means anti-gun, but
they strongly favor laws that will help prevent guns falling into the wrong hands and protect their
families.

While opposed to conceal and carry generally, if it must happen, voters favor a broad range of
limits on who can carry weapons where. They donâ€™t stop there. There is also near universal
support for background checks on all gun sales, and strong support for banning military-style
assault weapons and limiting ammunition magazines.
Voters do not buy the NRAâ€™s arguments that common-sense gun laws are a slippery slope
towards infringing on 2nd Amendment rights and confiscating guns. They believe there is a
moderate, middle-ground approach, and are looking for lawmakers who fill that space.
The below are key findings and recommendations from a survey of 600 registered voters in
Illinois, with an additional 300 oversample of Will and DuPage counties. A phone survey was
conducted from March 27 through April 2, 2013. Margin of error is +/- 4 percent for the total
electorate and +/- 5 percent for Will and DuPage counties (combined).
Lawmakersâ€™ positions on guns can impact elections in a way that benefits candidates
who support stronger gun laws. Voters in Illinois are now ready to vote on this issueâ€”and in
contrast to conventional wisdom, are now more likely to support a candidate who supports
stronger gun laws by a wide margin over one who does not. Four times as many voters say they
are more likely to support a candidate who favors stronger guns laws than someone who does
not, a stunning margin as shown in the table below. Fifty-six percent (including 51 percent of
gun owners) are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports a strong conceal and carry
law; only 13 percent will support a candidate who wants a weak law.

Most impressive here is the intensity: 40 percent are â€œmuchâ€ more likely to support a candidate
who wants a strong law. This is nearly twice what we normally see, and 13 points higher than
those who say conceal and carry will make no difference on their vote.
The impact is even higher when asked about additional gun laws and background checks. Sixtytwo
percent are more likely to vote for a candidate who supported a strong law with even more
provisions outside of conceal and carry, such as universal background checks, limiting
ammunition magazines, banning military-style assault weapons, and registering guns. And if the
question is limited to background checks as the only additional gun law, 68 percent are more
likely to vote for a candidate who supports a strong gun law that includes background checks on
all gun sales.

Illinois voters are more concerned with protecting people from gun violence. Fifty-nine
percent want stronger gun laws, including 48 percent of gun owners. And indicating how far they
are willing to go to keep people safe, by a 14 point margin, Illinois voters believe that it is more
important to protect people from gun violence than it is to protect the rights of gun owners (53-
39).

This is not to say the people of Illinois are anti-gun. They are not. One-third of voters report
having at least 1 gun in their household. Nor are the gun owners of Illinois more Republican: 44
percent are Democrats and 46 percent are Republicans. As weâ€™ll see more of below, commonsense
gun laws cut across party and gun-ownership lines.

Voters in Illinois are ready to do something about gun violence.
If conceal and carry is required, there is broad and deep support for a range of
regulations. To be clear, most donâ€™t even want conceal and carry at all: 53 percent oppose
allowing people to carry concealed weapons in public. But if conceal and carry must be the law
of the land, voters were very clear about wanting a strong law with a range of restrictions. The
table below shows that a range of provisions to conceal and carry receive strong support,
including requiring those who want to carry a weapon to attend mandatory safety classes,
forbidding concealed weapons in schools, casinos, buses, colleges, and any place the serves
alcohol, and requiring those who want to carry to show a clean record and demonstrate a good
reason to need it.